Category: News

The Streetscape Phase 6 project will soon be underway again after the Toccoa City Commission approved three change orders to the project. The project was put on hold after utility lines including gas, water, sewer main, Windstream’s fiber optic, Georgia Power’s electrical and Truvista’s fiber optic were discovered. According to City Manager Billy Morse, lowering the utility lines would put […]

The Stephens County Board of Education approved remodels for the agriculture center at the high school at their meeting Tuesday. The request for these upgrades was originally brought to the board by board member Len Stovall back in July. At that time, the board agreed to have ag teacher Bradley Dalton bring a committee together to decide what upgrades were […]

With the solar eclipse only a few days away, some local organizations and businesses have found themselves in possession of fake solar glasses. Earlier this week we told you about a report from Amazon that some of their vendors were selling fake eclipse glasses that were not safe for viewing the event Monday. Here in Toccoa, local optomitrist Dr. Kay Royal […]

The Toccoa City Commission reviewed local limits for wastewater discharge at their work session Monday. City Manager Billy Morse said for the city to operate its industrial pre-treatment program, the discharge permit at Eastanollee Creek must be renewed on a five-year basis and requires review of the industrial limits to ensure the industrial contributions don’t interfere with the wastewater treatment […]

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia State Patrol Aviation team recently located a marijuana grow site, leading to two drug arrests. According to Sheriff Randy Shirley, investigators were given an anonymous tip that Roger Wilbanks was growing marijuana on his property at 54 Twisted Tree Drive. The GSP Aviation Unit team was called in to assist in searching […]

A pursuit Tuesday morning involving a motorcyle ended with a head-on collision resulting in serious injuries to the rider. According to Georgia State Patrol, at 7:30  a.m., a trooper checked a black motorcycle speeding on State Route 17. The trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the motorcycle, but the driver did not stop and a pursuit was initiated. The […]

Main Street Toccoa is kicking off a new event series called Night at the Ritz beginning in September. Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton said this new series is to provide regularly scheduled programming at the Ritz and is made possible by partial funding from the Georgia Council for the Arts. “The purpose of it is to establish a regular schedule […]